HATE AMERICA AGAIN
--from HAA HAA HEE HEE HO HO
What is the story behind the Japanese phrase 'Yankee Go Home?'
This seems to be a case of a term that was originally used to indicate someone from New England
(c.p., Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court) generalized to all Americans.
The British and the Australians still call us "Yanks" or "Yankees."
What is more interesting to me, is the continued mutation of the phrase in Japanese slang from
"occupying soldiers" to "punks". Yanki (ヤンキー） is now used to speak of punks,
i.e., non-professional gang members in Japan.
--from HAA HAA HEE HEE HO HO
What is the story behind the Japanese phrase 'Yankee Go Home?'
This seems to be a case of a term that was originally used to indicate someone from New England
(c.p., Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court) generalized to all Americans.
The British and the Australians still call us "Yanks" or "Yankees."
What is more interesting to me, is the continued mutation of the phrase in Japanese slang from
"occupying soldiers" to "punks". Yanki (ヤンキー） is now used to speak of punks,
i.e., non-professional gang members in Japan.
